Back in March at the Game Developers Conference 2025 (GDC 2025), Microsoft unveiled DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2, which introduces Opacity Micromaps (OMM). The Redmond giant has now announced the ...

Ray tracing and path tracing are two of the most exciting and demanding dynamic lighting techniques available to gamers and game developers in 2024. They both represent a massive leap in realism over ...

Unless you're a physicist, you probably don't pay too much mind to the function of light in your daily life. Light is light, right? When there is light, we see, and when there isn't, we don't. But ...

For anyone wondering what Cyberpunk 2077’s ‘Overdrive’ ray tracing is, don’t worry. You’ve come to the right place. ‘Path tracing’ is the other name for full ray tracing. Full ray tracing differs from ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...

F1 22 introduces the world of racing on PC to the latest regulatory changes in Formula One. That means innovative new cars built to wholly different rules to previous years, designed to allow for ...

The choice between Path tracing and Ray tracing has become a necessary discussion about graphics among gaming enthusiasts. Both offer compelling advancements in visual fidelity. However, their ...

Ray tracing and path tracing sound similar — and technically, they are. Both methods simulate how light travels in a 3D environment, but the way they work and the results they produce are completely ...

NVIDIA announced its huge upgrade in DLSS 3 upscaling technology with its Ada Lovelace GPU architecture reveal, where GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners are in for a real, real huge performance leap ...

The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...

After our recent extensive investigation into ray tracing game performance, where we analyzed its visual and performance impact across 36 modern games, we can continue exploring the real-world ...